I would guess from that $ 100,000 price that the yellow one is up around $50,000

 

Chris, am I sensing a road trip to Michigan?!!!

 

Rod s f1 green truck cost $ 35,000
F2 yellow truck cost $30,000
Ranger $100,000 ( he thinks there were less then 10 made, 7 maybe only 4

F7 fire truck ( unrestored ) $ 10,000
Thank for the phone # stu!
Rod sold the junkyard a few years ago to a guy named Don
Don gave me rod s home number

 

Got to be within inches of the Ranger, SWEET!!!!

Yeah, it doesn't have the Monkey Face but I would not kick it out of my garage!!

 

He wants $30k for the Yellow F2 ? Or it cost him $30k to build? If he wants $30k for it i would think thats a pretty good deal considering its rarity? If i had an extra 30k it would be on its way west already!

 

The F1 and F2 MH prices are reasonable considering they're restored. The Ranger price is probably reasonable too considering how rare it is.

 

Obviously they didn't run these trucks through the Barret-Jackson calculation system. Those prices are pretty good considering the common trucks that show up on eBay on a regular basis with price close to the prices being as for the M-Hs.

Maybe they should run them through a ring surrounded by a bunch of pot bellied 70 year old bald guys with girlfriends younger than their granddaughter hanging around their necks getting all excited watching the bidding going up.

 

So, As to Stu's comment back towards the beginning of this thread, I had been talking with Stu about a MH truck that he knew of or found on one of his many road trips West, and after much hemming and hawing (on my end) and probably a few hundred text msgs and emails back and forth with Stu and finally getting in contact with the current owner. I set out to go see if I could make this truck mine!

I envited a friend along for the ride and had also scouted out a few places via google earth that looked promising for old iron for the return trip. was just under 1200 miles in two days with stops to investigate yards. (basically a loop around Yellowstone) from Salt Lake, through Idaho to Montana, and back through Wyoming. we missed a few yards also because we ran out of time and with the sun setting at 5:00 pm really didn't help much.

went through a little bit of snow going but nothing bad, and some ice in morning on return. almost hit two coyotes on return as they were crossing the highway in rural Wyo.

unfortunately most of the yards we found were "collectors" who wouldn't have sold us a lugnut, one guy went so far as to say he was saving everything for his grandkids! well I guess to each there own?
I did end up with a set of 5 lug 19.5"'s and a set of 8 lug 17.5" wheels, a stainless windshield trim, dome light, bud wrench. one yard was about 20 acres of mostly tractors and old farm equipment, dodge military, trucks, but did have a few older ford trucks.

Anyway. trip was uneventful but had a good time and I now am a proud owner of a 51 F-3 MH Thanks to Stu.

the body is not that great but I've got plenty of parts to fix that.


I unloaded the truck and put a better hood on it, looks better already!

I'll just post up a few pictures and let them tell the rest.

 

more pictures. maybe I should have put on Photobucket?

 

I have never seen Flathead "OBAS" heads before! anyone know about these? Also the Generator on it is Huge!

Unfortunately the 51 Marmon Herrington is pretty much gone. the drivetrain is gone with exception of the engine. the badges is about all that remains of the MH ? someone did a nice job at some point in time clearancing the lower front fender though.

 

the OBAS flathead was in this 48-50 F-1 with the large generator.

 

Nice fine!
I found Bobs next project

He was not seeing my vision

 

Your never going to sell it to Bob if you keep calling it a Milk and Egg Wagon. You need to call it the mobile truck parts getter/storage wagon! Then and only then will he consider it!

 

That's a new one on me, too. 0BA (and 1BA) parts are common enough (blocks, valve rotators, etc) but I've never seen 0BA heads, and the "S" designation is a real strange one. Strange that it had that big gen in an F-1, I have to wonder if they transplanted it from a bigger truck?

 

WOW! Best **** ever! And I've been sharing the pictures with my wife who's sitting next to me on the couch. She loves that wild west background. And that MH is absolutely awesome. So glad you didn't photobucket your pics. I never look at those. Sounds like it might be confusing or hard to do. Any more????? We envy your late fall trip. We didn't get one this year....